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protector
English
Alternative forms
- protectour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English protectour, from Anglo-Norman protectour, protector, from Latin pr?tector, from pr?teg? (“shield, protect”). Displaced native Old English ?es?ildend.
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: pr?-t?k't?r, IPA(key): /p???t?kt?/
- (UK) IPA(key): /p???t?kt?/
- Rhymes: -?kt?(?)
- Hyphenation: pro?tec?tor
Noun
protector (plural protectors, feminine protectress or protectrix)
- Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.
- 2005 January 3, Jon Huntsman Jr., quoted in “Highlights from Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.'s inauguration speech”, Deseret News, 4 January 2005:
- I stand before you in the spirit of pure public service — not as a protector of the status quo, but as an agent of change.
- 2005 January 3, Jon Huntsman Jr., quoted in “Highlights from Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.'s inauguration speech”, Deseret News, 4 January 2005:
- A device or mechanism which is designed to protect.
- One who prevents interference. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- A state or other subject under international law, exercising a protectorate over another subject in international law.
- (Britain, historical) One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent.
- (Roman Catholicism) A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same relation to a college, religious order, etc.
Synonyms
- guard
- sentry
Related terms
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin pr?t?ctor.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /p?o.t?k?to/
- (Central) IPA(key): /p?u.t?k?to/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /p?o.tek?to?/
Adjective
protector (feminine protectora, masculine plural protectors, feminine plural protectores)
- protective (serving to protect)
Noun
protector m (plural protectors, feminine protectora)
- protector (someone who protects or guards)
protector m (plural protectors)
- protector (a device or mechanism which is designed to protect)
Related terms
- protecció
- protegir
Further reading
- “protector” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “protector” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “protector” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “protector” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
From Latin pr?tector, from pr?teg? (“to shield, protect”).
Pronunciation
Noun
protector m (plural protectoren, diminutive protectortje n)
- A protector, guardian, regent etc.
- (rare) Title of certain orphanage governors
Synonyms
- behoeder m
- beschermer m
- beschermheer m
- protecteur m (close French cognate)
Derived terms
- lord-protector m
- protectorschap n
Related terms
- protectie
- protectoraat n
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pro??te?k.tor/, [p?o??t?e?kt??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pro?tek.tor/, [p???t??kt??r]
Noun
pr?t?ctor m (genitive pr?t?ct?ris); third declension
- protector (all senses)
- guardian; guard
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- protector in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- protector in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- protector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Portuguese
Noun
protector m (plural protectores, feminine protectora, feminine plural protectoras)
- Superseded spelling of protetor. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)
Adjective
protector m (feminine singular protectora, masculine plural protectores, feminine plural protectoras, comparable)
- Superseded spelling of protetor. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin pr?t?ctor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?ote??to?/, [p?o.t?e???t?o?]
Adjective
protector (feminine protectora or protectriz, masculine plural protectores, feminine plural protectoras or protectrices)
- protective
Derived terms
- ángel protector
- cinta adhesiva protectora
Noun
protector m (plural protectores, feminine protectora or protectriz, feminine plural protectoras or protectrices)
- protector (someone who protects or guards)
Noun
protector m (plural protectores)
- protector (a device or mechanism which is designed to protect)
Related terms
Further reading
- “protector” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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curator
English
Alternative forms
- curatour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin c?r?tor (“one who has care of a thing, a manager, guardian, trustee”), from c?r?re (“to take care of”), from c?ra (“care, heed, attention, anxiety, grief”).
Noun
curator (plural curators)
- A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.
- One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee.
- A member of a curatorium, a board for electing university professors, etc.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- custodian
- keeper
- manager
- overseer
Further reading
- curator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- curator in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin c?r?tor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ky?ra?.t?r/
- Hyphenation: cu?ra?tor
Noun
curator m (plural curatoren, diminutive curatortje n)
- curator, one who manages a collection
- curator, one who manages an estate
- liquidator appointed by a judge after bankruptcy
Derived terms
- curatorium
Latin
Alternative forms
- coer?tor
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ku??ra?.tor/, [ku???ä?t??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ku?ra.tor/, [ku????t??r]
Etymology 1
From c?r? +? -tor.
Noun
c?r?tor m (genitive c?r?t?ris); third declension
- who pays heed about the state of an object, warden, overseer, watchman, lookout
- who procures an affair for somebody, agent, commissionary
- specifically, who procures patrimonial matters of one who has been deemed incapable to procure them himself
- (New Latin, Germany) the regulatory supervisor over a university
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
c?r?tor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of c?r?
References
- curator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- curator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- curator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- curator in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- curator in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Romanian
Etymology
From French curateur, from Latin curator.
Noun
curator m (plural curatori)
- curator
Declension
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